Fossil tree roots in Star Delph Quarry
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Fossil tree roots in Star Delph Quarry
Image: © Mike and Kirsty Grundy Taken: 6 Aug 2005
Shallow depressions on tilted rock are radial roots of a lycophyte - tree like carboniferous ancestor of today's club mosses.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.780852
Longitude
-2.430951